HE WAS RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD. AN EMOTIONAL REUNION AT A GRADUATION TODAY. A SOLDIER SURPRISED HIS SISTER BEFORE SHE RECEIVED HER DEGREE. MALLORY HOFF WAS OF THEIR WHEN THE SPECIALIST SHOW -- WAS THERE WHEN THE SPECIALIST SHOWED UP. ACTUALLY MCDANIELS STOCK PHOTOGRAPHERS WERE GATHERED AROUND TO CAPTURE THE CLASSIC MOMENT. WHEN SHE TURNED THE CORNER, HER YOUNGER BROTHER, IF ANY MCDANIEL. -- ANTHONY MCDANIEL. THEY HAD NOT SEEN EACH OTHER SINCE HE HAD DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN A YEAR AGO. MCDANIEL SPENT FOUR YEARS IN AFGHANISTAN. HE RETURNED TO THE STATES AND IS IN KANSAS. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME. COLLEGE GRADUATION. HAVE NOT SEEN HER FOR EVER. THE HARDEST PART ABOUT BEING AWAY IS BEING A WAY FROM FAMILY. NOT BEING ABLE TO TALK AND HAVING FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATIONS. WHILE HE HAS BEEN AWAY, ASHLEY HAS BEEN WORKING ON HER DEGREE. ON THE DAY SHE RECEIVED HER DEGREE FROM SAC STATE, HER BROTHER IS WATCHING. A HERO WHO WOULD NOT MISS HIS SISTER'S PROUDEST TODAY. THANK YOU. I LOVE YOU.